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Prove Student Status Online?

Hi! ... I'm about to enter to college, i'm interested in architecture... and wanted to get one of the 15" powerbooks, but they are a bit expensive... the discount makes things so much easier... but the problem is, that i do not live in States... i live in Mexico, so I'm tempted to try anyway through the education store, and get it shipped somewhere in States, (a friend's house, or relative's) thinking i will not be checked, and if i had to prove me being a student, i would say that i'm a student, just not an american student and that i didn't know, but I don't know what kind of problems might this cause me. And I'm even more tempted because i found a link, through a university of design in Ohio, that offers a Mac bundle at a very low price, a Powerbook 15" SuperDrive 1.67GHz PowerPC G4 with 128MB Graphics Memory (instead of 64mb) with software (iWork, and Macromedia Studio MX) plus the AppleCare Protection Plan; all this for even less (-$20) than the regular price of a powerbook15" SuperDrive, nice, i know. This link doesn't have any conditions, but because it's special, and because it's saving you about $400, i'm thinking that the chances of getting checked will be much higher than if i just purchase the notebook, with 10% student discount. What do you think I should or could do? :confused:
 
Its stupid. The Apple store has the lod Elementary School I went to and my old JR High but NOT my High School. How do they expect me to get an iBook now????? I think a High School Student would have more of a use for an iBook than a Elementary or JR High Student..
 
I have no idea if there's a Mexican Apple Store online but either way, whether it is incorporated into the American one or not, all qualifying universities should be listed before entering the education section of the store. From there, you can find out if you are eligible.

I strongly recommend you don't try to get an EDU Mac if you are not eligible. :)
 
No, there is not, unfairly. And, no, i'm not eligible, since it's only for american universities. This really sucks! I want it badly, and i know that an iBook won't do the work since it has the modest amount of 32mb of graphics memory, ... for a design notebook, that is unacceptable.
 
iMatt mini said:
I just bought an iBook, no check.
I bet if you bought like a PowerMac G5 and some other stuff they might check because 9/10 students wouldn't buy that. :rolleyes:
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Apple Education called my college and asked for verification on my enrollment. I know because the Admissions Office called me and asked if they could tell Apple that I'm currently enrolled.

Nice privacy policy my university has. :)

You take a chance, Apple says if they ship the item and later find out that you weren't enrolled at that time, they will charge you for the difference between the education and retail stores.
 
Lopez.T.H. said:
Its stupid. The Apple store has the lod Elementary School I went to and my old JR High but NOT my High School. How do they expect me to get an iBook now????? I think a High School Student would have more of a use for an iBook than a Elementary or JR High Student..
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Uh, that's for teachers and school staff. You have to be in college for the student discount. For those of you who don't qualify, try the Special Deals section for refurbs and previous generations. ;)
 
joshuawaire said:
Apple Education called my college and asked for verification on my enrollment. I know because the Admissions Office called me and asked if they could tell Apple that I'm currently enrolled.

Nice privacy policy my university has. :)

You take a chance, Apple says if they ship the item and later find out that you weren't enrolled at that time, they will charge you for the difference between the education and retail stores.
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Where did you find out that they charge the difference between education and retail if they find out you aren't a student? I don't remember reading that in the contract but taht was probably because I skimmed it.

I thought all sales were final...especially if you pay cash in the store.
 
I bought my 14" ibook last month at an Apple retail store, and they just asked for an admissions letter. All I had was my campus housing letter, and that was good enough for them. They didn't even look at it, they just took my word for it (It was also kind of obvious since I was also wearing a t-shirt for that university).
 
Peter Griffin said:
Where did you find out that they charge the difference between education and retail if they find out you aren't a student? I don't remember reading that in the contract but taht was probably because I skimmed it.

I thought all sales were final...especially if you pay cash in the store.
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Defrauding Apple is grounds for litigation. If they found that you used a discount improperly, you are liable for paying the difference in price. And that's being nice, because the extent of legal remedies go beyond that. If you buy in a store and pay cash and they don't check for ID, then that's just stupid. I've never heard of an Apple store that didn't check for verification of enrollment. If it's not an Apple store, that's their problem, not Apple's.

By purchasing using the student discount, you are legally affirming that you have a right to use that discount and any other use is misrepresentation, and in some cases, fraud, which is a felony offense.
 
So for all the people who said they were checked, I wonder how many of the people checked made a purchase online? Also, if they made an online purchase, I wonder if the checks are only done in America, or if they're done at all their worldwide online stores? :confused:

I have never been checked for online purchases, but have every time I made a purchase at the Apple Centre nearby.

iZerok said:
No, there is not, unfairly. And, no, i'm not eligible, since it's only for american universities. This really sucks! I want it badly, and i know that an iBook won't do the work since it has the modest amount of 32mb of graphics memory, ... for a design notebook, that is unacceptable.
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Says who? I have received a discount in Canada, the UK, and Australia. It's not just American.
 
I know someone, as I think you all know him, ITASOR. He told me that he was using the edu discount for Tiger. Then 2 weeks later he recieved a letter in the mail saying he needed proof and other IDs. Luckily, his dad is a teacher. And his father bought it for him, so he was OK. But he did say that in the letter that if they don't get identification they are going to ban him from all edcucational purchases.

Sometimes they do check ;)
 
I know to get the discount for the University of Minnesota here we have to go through the techmart website and log in with our internet IDs ... that's how they check that we're students there, eligible to get the student discount. We can do the same things at the apple store ... go through the process with a sales rep watching, and get the discount in store as well.
 
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